The local arm of the Dutch brewer suffered a 16 per cent fall in annual profits in its latest financial year as the joint venture company it operates with beer and
dairy group Lion notched a net profit after tax of $ 10.5 million for the 12 months ended September 30, 2015.
Not exact matches
Higher
dairy profits countered flat earnings in alcoholic beverages and pushed
Lion's
group earnings before interest and tax up 4 per cent to $ 695 million, before one - off costs, despite a 5.6 per cent decline in
group sales to $ 4.71 billion.
Irvine is under pressure in the
dairy market because
Lion is about to lose one of his single largest contracts in Australia to rival
group Murray Goulburn Co-operative.